Projections On Economy For 1976 Brightening
Washington AP reports the Ford administration expects better economic performance in 1976 with about 379000 more jobs and slower inflation erosion. Projections show unemployment averaging 7.3 percent, inflation easing to 5 percent, GNP growth around 6.8 percent, and a price package cost drop from 176.11 to 174.62.
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Washington
Ford Administration
White House
Ron Nessen
Congress
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
Nessen
Office of Management and Budget
City's Budget Readied for July 26 Look
Port Lavaca City Council finished three work sessions on the proposed budget. City Manager Mike Gibson said changes may come after talks with department heads and the preliminary budget will be presented on July 26. Council discussed seal coating funding and raises for city employees. water and sewer rates were approved with amounts to be announced.
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Port Lavaca
Mike Gibson
Gibson
City Planing Board
Judge Carrillo Found Guilty of Felony Theft
A district court jury in Edinburg Texas found former Duval County District Court Judge O P Carrillo guilty of felony theft after a six hour and 55 minute deliberation. Judge Joe B Evins ordered jurors back for the punishment phase with Carrillo facing 2 to 10 years and seeking probation. The defendant showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
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Edinburg, Tex
O.P. Carrillo
Duval County
Joe B. Evins
Carrillo
Evins
Carter Urges Fight to Sustain Democratic Momentum
Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter told the party's national committee and fund raisers to push hard on voter registration and fundraising to sustain momentum for the November election. He warned against overconfidence and drew a Kennedy era parallel, stressing turnout and a strong mandate across the party.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
White House
Carter
National Committee
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Congress
Robert Strauss
Walter F. Mondale
America
Crop Damage Report Under Way in Calhoun County
Calhoun County crops face heavy damage from recent rains with official estimates pending after grain is harvested. Extension agent Gilbert Heideman noted 13 to 49 inches of rain fell in Port Lavaca from June 25 to July 15 and stressed widespread uncertainty as industry works to assess losses.
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Calhoun County
Gilbert Heideman
Port Lavaca
Heideman
Mass kidnapping feared as 26 children vanish in Chowchilla
In Chowchilla California police and deputies search floodlit farmland for 26 children ages 5 to 15 and a driver missing since their bus vanished after a swimming trip. The bus was found abandoned in a dry canal with two sets of tracks suggesting abduction and the FBI has joined the investigation.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Dairyland Union
Madera County
San Joaquin Valley
Ed Bates
Bates
Chowchilla Fairgrounds
Fresno
Plotle
Childrens
Alcoa Faces Questions Over Payments to Jamaican Parties
The Aluminum Company of America paid at least 25000 to Jamaican political parties and officials in 1971 72 after U S Ambassador Vincent DeRoulet suggested a contribution to an education fund Officials say the payments followed a solicitation during Jamaica s bid to block nationalization of American bauxite interests Alcoa noted the funds were sent to the ruling party and officials but did not tie the payments to the ambassador s urging
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Washington
Aluminum Company of America
U.S
Vincent DeRoulet
DeRoulet
Jamaica
Alcoa
Caribbean
Securities and Exchange Commission
Presbyterians of Port Lavaca History Report
The Port Lavaca Wave presents the sixth Heritage Division article on the Presbyterian Church in Port Lavaca. Organized in 1848 by Rev. Stephen F. Cocke with eleven members, the church faced frontier dangers and shifting buildings, including a storm in 1886 that dissolved the original congregation. Reorganized in 1893 and again in 1909, it moved locations in 1914 and later settled on North Virginia Street in 1956, hosting the first Sunrise Easter Service in 1921.
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Port Lavaca
Heritage
Bicentennial Committee
Presbyterian Church
Helen McKamey
Stephen F. Cocke
Texas
Lavaca
First Presbyterian Church
William C. Blair
Blair
Victoria
Green Lake
Cocke
Indianola
Presbyterian Church In
William Stuart Red
Methodist Church
Presbyterians
Presbytery
Episcopal Church
Robert F. Clement
Charles P. Scott
R.M. Hall
J.G. Cunningham
Walter S. Scott
A.H.P. McCurdy
Ed Melcher
Austin St
L. E. Selfridge
Colorado and
Live Oak Streets
North Virginia St
First Presbyterian
Jerry Stinson
Seadrift Receives 5000 Pledge For Center
John Welder of Victoria pledged 5000 toward a Seadrift community center at a Seadrift Chamber of Commerce meeting. He will donate the money if the center is not built on the bayfront. The chamber must raise the remaining funds from donations or other sources. A shrimp boil on Aug 7 at the bayfront will fund the project. No site, blueprints, or cost estimates have been set.
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Seadrift
John Welder
Victoria
Weather Update Forecast Clouds and Warmth Expected
Cloudy and warm with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers tonight and Saturday. Southerly winds 8 to 14 mph, high near 90, low mid-70s. Rain probability 20 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight, 20 percent Saturday. Boating winds 10 to 18 knots, seas 2 to 4 feet, higher in showers. Tides and sunsets listed.
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Lisa
Glenn McKamey
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Houston
Miles
California
Sacramento
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